SOCIOL 3GG3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Human Cloning, Endocannibalism, Gluttony
8 Mar 2019
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Kilgours anatomy of metaphors of incorp examines relationship btwn cannibalism and w mode of producing meaning through exclusion. Representation of the cannibal as a cultural other is a theme for many studies. By 1990s cannibalism was viewed as calumny used by colonizers to justify their predatory behav. Postcolonial studies created to support the cultural cannibalism of colonialism. Cannibal discourse is becoming more spectre than substance. Word cannibal is legacy of columbus"s second voyage to carribean in 1493 referring to caribs who were id as eaters of human flesh. Cannibal was central to the creation to creating the other. Consumption of others under conditions of starvation (shipwreck) A survival strategy practiced in prehistoric times: most frequent form discussed. Aberrant behaviour as an indicator of severe personality disorder or psychosis. Volatile eating of someone from within the group: usually form of funerary or mortuary consumption all or part of body is ate as an act of affection or group renewal.
